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STATE CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS By Gary Borders

STATE CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS By Gary Borders

Lawmakers push $15K teacher raises

Texas Press Association
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
A group of House Democrats is proposing a $15,000 raise for the state’s teachers and a 25 percent raise for other state employees by using some of the state’s record budget surplus. State Rep.
Ask Rusty – About Difficulty with Social

Ask Rusty – About Difficulty with Social

Ask Rusty – About Difficulty with Social

News Staff
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Dear Rusty: Last month I tried to contact Social Security who never picked up a phone on their end. The same with the IRS. When I finally got through, they said I had to join ID.mebefore they could help me. That took me over a week, and many applications and rejects, to get through.
Ann Freasier, center front, newly-installed president of the Vidor Chamber of Commerce, and 12 other Vidorians were among some 200 Orange County boosters in Austin Monday for the annual Orange County Day activities. Rep. Ron Lewis, at Ms Freasier's right, welcomed the group to the state capitol. The group is pictured in the rotunda of the building. Archive Photo

Ann Freasier, center front, newly-installed president of the Vidor Chamber of Commerce, and 12 other Vidorians were among some 200 Orange County boosters in Austin Monday for the annual Orange County Day activities. Rep. Ron Lewis, at Ms Freasier's right, welcomed the group to the state capitol. The group is pictured in the rotunda of the building. Archive Photo

Looking Back 1-30-2003

News Staff
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Ann Freasier, center front, newly-installed president of the Vidor Chamber of Commerce, and 12 other Vidorians were among some 200 Orange County boosters in Austin Monday for the annual Orange County Day activities. Rep. Ron Lewis, at Ms Freasier's right, welcomed the group to the state capitol.
Record blizzard buries Panhandle and South Plains

Record blizzard buries Panhandle and South Plains

Record blizzard buries Panhandle and South Plains

Texas History By Bartee Haile
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Looking down on snow covered northwestern Texas from a private plane on Feb. 4, 1956, a photographer for the Associated Press likened the “gigantic, white noman’s land” to “a huge white sheet thrown over a world-sized bed (with) no sign of roads or people.” According to an official report by the U.
Ask Rusty –

Ask Rusty –

Ask Rusty – What Counts for Social Secu-

News Staff
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
Dear Rusty: I retired on February 1st of this year (2022). I collect a pension from my employer plus a union pension, as well as Social Security, all of which started in February 2022. I am married and I'm 65 years old.
Demolition work on the Old 90 bridge has begun. A section of road on either end of the existing bridge has been excavated. Destruction of the bridge itself will take a few months to complete. When the new bridge is built, it will be slightly longer and about ten feet wider. Archive Photo

Demolition work on the Old 90 bridge has begun. A section of road on either end of the existing bridge has been excavated. Destruction of the bridge itself will take a few months to complete. When the new bridge is built, it will be slightly longer and about ten feet wider. Archive Photo

Looking Back 1-23-2003

News Staff
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
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